JUDGE JOHN ROBERTS -- BUSH'S NOMINEE TO THE SUPREME COURT
In a live broadcast tonight President Bush announced the nomination of DC circuit court judge John Roberts to replace Sandra Day O'Connor as an associate justice to the Supreme Court. Judge Roberts is considered by most to be one of the top conservative legal minds in the country. To the conservative voter rest assured that many prominent Democrats, liberal think tanks and advocacy groups oppose this nomination which is good news indeed! When Judge Roberts was nominated to the DC circuit court in 2003, Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer voted against his confirmation. Durbin and Schumer were quick to the cameras tonight to begin the rhetoric for the battle over this nomination. The Democratic Underground website was quick to post their opposition to Judge Roberts and no less that five major liberal advocacy groups have made their opposition known. They are; Americans for Democratic Action, Feminist Majority, Leadership Conference for Civil Rights, National Family Planning and NOW.
Previously Judge Roberts has served as assistant White House Council for President Ronald Reagan, clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist and argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court for Bush 41. Some of his more prominent cases were in 1991 when he argued and won that federally funded clinics could not discuss abortion and in that same year wrote that Roe vs Wade should be overturned. In 1992 argued and won that High Schools should be allowed to include religious ceremonies at graduations in a case citing the religious establishment clause in the Constitution. In an article that he authored judge Roberts stated that the fifth amendment protected personal property rights.
On the surface and with a deeper evaluation it would seem that the President has chosen a clear conservative who will uphold the Constitution while not legislating from the bench as has been the case in many past decisions. The fact that the laeft has so quickly come out in opposition to the nomination is also a good sign that the President has made a bold nomination that will create a conservative shift in the Supreme Court!
Ken Taylor
(below are two links with details about Judge Roberts and his career and decisions)
http://www.independentjudiciary.com/nominees/nominee.cfm?NomineeID=5
http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3001
Previously Judge Roberts has served as assistant White House Council for President Ronald Reagan, clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist and argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court for Bush 41. Some of his more prominent cases were in 1991 when he argued and won that federally funded clinics could not discuss abortion and in that same year wrote that Roe vs Wade should be overturned. In 1992 argued and won that High Schools should be allowed to include religious ceremonies at graduations in a case citing the religious establishment clause in the Constitution. In an article that he authored judge Roberts stated that the fifth amendment protected personal property rights.
On the surface and with a deeper evaluation it would seem that the President has chosen a clear conservative who will uphold the Constitution while not legislating from the bench as has been the case in many past decisions. The fact that the laeft has so quickly come out in opposition to the nomination is also a good sign that the President has made a bold nomination that will create a conservative shift in the Supreme Court!
Ken Taylor
(below are two links with details about Judge Roberts and his career and decisions)
http://www.independentjudiciary.com/nominees/nominee.cfm?NomineeID=5
http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3001
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